Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and General Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents following a Wildfire Disaster

Abstract

Screening was well received by students, parents, and staff and proved feasible in the postdisaster environment. The PTSD-RI and SDQ demonstrated different individual risk associations and functioned as complementary measures within the screening battery. The identification of children at greatest risk of mental health morbidity enabled service providers to selectively target limited mental health resources.